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To: frankiep; JoeFromSidney; AnAmericanMother

"That kind of stuff really bugs me. Are people really so busy that they can't take an hour out of their time for God. I've been to Mass a couple of times where the priest and/or the parishoners seemed like they had someplace better to be, and it felt like it was a fast food drive through service, McMass."

Brother, you just hit the nail on the head. In my experience, the speed-Mass is more the rule than the exception in the western church. And woe be onto you if you get in the way of the stampede to leave!

It's actually kind of funny to contrast the speed-Mass with Divine Liturgy. If Liturgy starts on time, which it sometimes does, it'll be at least an hour and fifteen minutes.

Well, since something "out of the ordinary" usually is happening, make that an hour and a half. A Baptism? Make it two hours. And then there's the after Liturgy fellowship, which goes another half hour. Maybe longer.

Sunday is the Sabbath, the Lord's day. And we can't even give God an hour or two out of our busy schedules?


29 posted on 03/03/2006 12:18:40 PM PST by RKBA Democrat (Lord Jesus Christ, son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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To: RKBA Democrat

The most disgusting and disturbing instance I've seen (among many) was when a Mass had just started and a woman and her kid came in late. Ok fine. But in the kid's hand was a half eaten burger and fries from the Burger King down the street. You could smell the stuff throughout the entire church. This was when I was in the Army and stationed in Germany and had no choice but to attend the church on base. And no, the priests there would never had said anything about it, especially considering the fact that one of the priests there one time took out his guitar and starting singing to everyone a little rock song about how happy he was.

Thankfully, I don't have to subject myself to the military diocese kumbaya Mass any longer.


30 posted on 03/03/2006 2:32:11 PM PST by frankiep
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